Codification Of Ordinances Next On List
City officials discuss finishing the codification of all ordinances into a single indexed book as part of post war planning. City Attorney Grover Jones and Lois Welborn urge rapid completion noting current three book chaos. WPA efforts started the project years ago. Estimates place completion in 60 to 90 days with no extra funds requested.
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Grover
Jones
Lois Welborn
City Council
Work Projects Administration
WPA
P Auman Named in 55300 Damage Action
Mrs. Ber Staley files 5500 injuries and 300 daily car damages against P Auman alleging a March 29 collision at the Russell and Park intersection. The suit claims Auman failed to stop on a stop street, harming her and her vehicle with total claimed damages of 55300 and daily car loss.
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FE. P. Auman
Jant
Ber- Staley
Student council installs Thacker Eldora yworth leaders
Frank Thacker and Sara Eldora yworth are formally installed president and vice president of the Hich Point high school student council. The elected officials, joined by the West championship basketball squad, receive awards at a morning assembly as all classes pledge support to the new administration.
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Frank Thacker
Sara Eldorayworth
Tively
Counof Hich Point High School
Ey Simeon
Civilian Goods To Be Available After Invasion
WPB officials Charles E. Wilson and Donald Nelson outline plans to shift up to 35 percent of wartime capacity to civilian production once Bur is invaded. They caution only limited civilian output before Germany falls while stressing no actions will hinder the war effort. The remarks followed a meeting with a seven-member CIO AFL automobile labor advisory committee.
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Washington
Burmay
America
Japan
Charles E. Wilson
War Production Board
WPB
Germany
Wilson
Donald Nelson
Automobile Labor Advisory Committee
CIO
AFL
Farmers of State To Get Gas and Oil
North Carolina farmers were assured by C E Hornsby of Charlotte that 14 000 000 gallons of gasoline and 12 000 000 gallons of fuel oil will be supplied during the current crop year. He told state college agriculture officials that 240 000 gallons daily are needed to run farm tractors and that fuel will be available even if it requires shutting down every gasoline station in the state.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
C. E. Hornsby
Charlotte
The
Petroleum Industry
Otf Agriculture
State College
Purge Of Interior Receives Approval
Washington April 28 bipartisan support emerged in the senate appropriations committee for a plan to strip the interior department payroll of hundreds aged 18 to 30 to direct them into the armed forces. Senator Bankhead questioned singling out one department while Chavez and Holmen supported it as a first step ahead of an $86,652,589 interior department appropriation bill.
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Washington
House
Interior Department
Senate Appropriations Committee
Bankhead
Dala
Chavez
D-Mn
Holmen
R-Ore
Setmann
Appropriations
Army Bomber Crashes Near Orangeburg in Field
Army bomber exploded and fell in a field near Orangeburg South Carolina yesterday. Wreckage stretched over a mile as officers at the Columbia Army Air Base investigated the incident and did not disclose fatalities.
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Orangeburg
S. C
Columbia Army Air Base
Smuts Arrives in London for Empire War Conference
Prime Minister Jan Smuts of the Union of South Africa arrives in London for the first wartime conference of British empire leaders. He is greeted by Canadian Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King and New Zealand Prime Minister Peter Fraser.
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Smuts Offor
London
Jan Christian Smuts
Union of South Africa
England
Smuts
W. L. Mackenzie King
Canada
Peter Fraser
New Zealand
Bomber Pilot Ralph Hodgson Reported Missing in Africa
Mrs. Fannie Wilson of 1246 South Main Street was notified by the war department that her son First Lieut. Ralph Hodgson Jr. has been missing in action since March 24 when the B 24 Liberator he piloted was lost over North Africa. He was 22, earned wings at Turner Field in Georgia, went overseas last November, and received the air medal and oak leaf cluster. He was a Davenport High School graduate and attended Furman University before joining the Air Force.
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Fannie Wilson
South Main Street
War Department
Ralph Hodgson, Jr
North Africa
Hodgson
Turner Field
Georgea
Davenport High School
Greer
D. C
Furman University
Air Force
Trade Pact Near as Britain and U S Seek Spain Accord
London reports Britain and the United States near a compromise with Spain on tungsten ore shipments to Germany. Washington favors a total cutoff, while London favors a partial limit. Stettinius Eden and Gusev met to present a united front on this and other policy questions. Optimism grows that Sweden may halt ball bearing sales to Germany.
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London
Britain
United States
Spain
Germany
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
U. S
Anthony Eden
Stettinius
Fyodor Gusev
British battalion drives Japanese from Kohima strong points
A tank supported British battalion attacked west of Kohima and pushed Japanese forces from several strong points in northern India. Reinforcements continued into Kohima from Dimapur as an imminent assault to push the invaders back toward Burma was reported. Mountbatten headquarters noted enemy air action with one bomber shot down and several damaged.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Kohima
India
Lord Louis Kountbatten
Dimapur
Burma
Tokyo
Mountbatten
Tulihal
War Today: Japanese Advance Threatens Chinese Wheat Supply
The overrun Yellow River region exceeding 1,800 square miles is a key wheat area. Japan needs the grain for its military and home use, disregarding Chinese starvation. American air bases in China could be endangered by a southern railway push, as Nipponese forces estimated at 70,000 men may shift due to Manchuria withdrawals.
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Yellow River
China
Manchuria
Russia
Berlin sees daylight assault possible May dates
Berlin reports and foreign commentators discuss a possible German invasion. Swedish naval analyst Captain Karl Henrik Falkman predicts daylight attack between May 2 and May 17. Die Tat and Pravda forecasts suggest attacks in May or June with potential multi front blows, while observers note Allied air and sea superiority may favor daytime operations and paratroop drops behind lines.
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England
Karl Henrik Falkman
Berlin
Die Tat
Moscow
Pravda
Falkman
London
State rail commissions urge halt to wartime fare hikes
Four state railroad commissions protest proposed coach fare increases above peacetime levels arguing it weakens wartime collaboration with federal and state war efforts. They note basic coach rates in four states at 1.65 cents per mile versus interstate 2.2 cents and ask the ICC to reconsider.
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United States
ICC
Grider Killed in Plane Wreck Near Morris
Second Lt. Robert S. Fultone aged 27, former Santa Clara football player, died in a light attack plane crash near Morris. His home was in Fresno, California.
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Charlotte
Robert S. Fultone
Santa Clara
Morris
Fresno
Alif
Heavy bomber crash near Lillington kills three
A heavy bomber crashed near Lillington yesterday killing three aboard. Among the dead is Capt. William S. Nicholson Jr., 26, son of W. S. Nicholson of Darlington, South Carolina. The crash was announced by the Air Transport Command at Love Field, Texas, where the crew were based.
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Lillington
Here
William S. Nicholson, Jr
W. S. Nicholson
Darlington
Air Transport Command
Love Field
Texas
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Candy
Dennyi
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Octopus Agent
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WEADS
Duncan
Valor Kane
Barney
Pon
Mandrake
Narda
Trapp
Joni Mari
Cracky
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